USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was a major accomplishment of Antonio Margil de Jesús?
A
He ​worked with French explorers to understand Native Americans.
B
He founded the most successful Spanish mission in Texas.
C
He ​built a permanent settlement by the Rio Grande.
D
He accompanied the first families of settlers to East Texas.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1720 he founded the most successful of the Spanish missions in Texas: San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, in San Antonio.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following was a major accomplishment of Antonio Margil de Jesus? He founded the most successful Spanish mission in Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Francisco Hidalgo, a Spanish priest of the Franciscan order of Roman Catholicism, was a missionary to the American Indians in what are now northern Mexico and East Texas. His efforts helped lead to the long Spanish occupation of Texas. Hidalgo was born in Spain, probably in 1659.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most successful were the areas of San Antonio and Goliad or La Bahia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Missionaries and explorers had been wandering through Texas since the 1500s. The explorers were looking for gold while the missionaries were looking to spread the Gospel to the American Indians.

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